audens

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of audeō.

Participle

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audēns (genitive audentis, comparative audentior, superlative audentissimus, adverb audenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. daring, venturing, risking
    Synonyms: audāx, prōmptus
    Antonyms: timidus, pavidus
  2. (figuratively) those people who are: daring, venturing, risking; those who dare; the brave or bold
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.782:
      Audentēs forsque deusque iuvat.
      And luck and god help daring [people], or:
      Chance and god aid those who dare, or from 1851:
      ‘‘Be it chance, or be it a providence that aids the bold’’
      1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 81.
  3. (poetic) being eager for battle

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative audēns audentēs audentia
Genitive audentis audentium
Dative audentī audentibus
Accusative audentem audēns audentēs
audentīs
audentia
Ablative audente
audentī1
audentibus
Vocative audēns audentēs audentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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  • audens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • audens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • audens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.